Assessment resources
Question papers
National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher question papers and marking instructions are available on the SQA Secure website (arrange access through your SQA co-ordinator).
Teachers and lecturers can use them to support internal assessments when gathering evidence for provisional results. The question papers can be used in full or in part.
The question papers and marking instructions must be stored securely and treated as confidential. The content must not be shared or discussed online - or in any location where they could be accessed by unauthorised persons.
Coursework assessment tasks
Coursework assessment tasks are available from our NQ subject pages.
For subjects that have an annually released assignment, such as Admin and IT, Computing Science, Design and Manufacture and Graphic Communication, these are published on the SQA Secure website.
Understanding Standards
Resources supporting teachers and lecturers with gathering evidence and determining provisional results. Includes new candidate evidence and commentary, webinars and video and audio resources.
Available from your NQ subject page.
How to use assessment resources when gathering evidence
Subject-specific guidance on using assessment resources when gathering evidence to support provisional results is available on our NQ subject pages.
View more information on gathering evidence.
How to extract content from question papers
How to create your own bespoke assessments in Windows 10.
Please note that following the method described in the videos will create assessment content that is not accessible to any learners who require to use assistive technology such as text or screen readers, or who use braille. For these learners please follow your usual method of creating accessible, internal assessments.
CALL Scotland provide guidance on making assessment papers which may be useful when creating accessible assessments:
How to create your own bespoke assessments using Chromebook
How to create your own bespoke assessments using an iPad